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Wandering in the Dessert (Review)

Wanderin’ in the Desert (3rd Disc from What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver) is a fascinating yet educating program. I watched it with my four year old daughter and we talked about the program. I was really impressed with the material on two levels. On one level I was impressed with how much content was packed into the two 30 minute shows. It is clear that the creators were intent on presenting a conservative view of scripture (for which I am deeply appreciative). They also took great care to answer relevant questions on kid friendly level. On a second level , I was impressed with how the writers took care to draw the information to a simple point of real application. Not only was there information about the reliability of scripture, but there was a subtle yet evident plea to trust the God of the Scripture.

My daughter, though she was able to retain a lot of information from the program, was impressed on a different level. The program was fast paced enough to keep her attention all the way through. She really enjoyed the songs making me play them over and over for her. After the program I asked her several questions and she responded pretty well.

Overall I was highly impressed with the 3rd disc as I have been with the whole series to date. The only draw back was that in between segments it shows a little boy (puppet) talking a little disrespectfully to his mother who is silent and off camera. I discussed this with my daughter as an example of behavior that I expect her not to emulate. Beyond that the whole production is pretty amazing. I would highly recommend it to parents and grandparents to watch and review with their children. I can see it being a great resource for bible lessons! I give it four stars.

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